White House Sets Final Contraception Rules

The Obama administration said Friday that it is standing firm on requirements for employers to include contraception in workers' insurance plans, in final rules that include an attempted compromise with some religiously affiliated institutions but no opt-out for religious owners of private companies.

Under the rules, insurers will have to separately pick up the upfront cost of contraception coverage for workers at religious hospitals, universities and charities that have moral objections to birth control. That hasn't...